Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-08
THE State CAPITAL.
The Consideration of Senator Hous-
toms Unlawful Land Enclosure
Bill Postponed.
An Effort Wade to Appoint Committee
to Investigate the Construction
Of the New Capitol.
The Governor Issurs a Quarantine Procla.
nation Guarding Against the Intro
duction CT Cholera.
THE FARMERS HOLD TIE FLOOR

THE FARMERS HOLD THE FLOOR.
Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, Tex, Feb. When the CON-
mittee's substitute for Mr.. Miners bill
to prevent the mortgaging of exempt per-
sonal property came up this morning the
farmers welded free lance in the dis
cuSSiOn, and seemed to agree to disagree
with the same spirit of 81 am right and
you are wrong" that lawyers are accused
of. Mr.. Browning raised the question
during the consideration of the substi-
tute as to whether it was not in the
nature of retroactive law, referring to
Supreme court decisions in support of
his argument.
HoUsToN'S UNLAWFUL ENCLOSURE BILL.
The Senate committee substitute for
Senator Houston's unlawful Enclosure
bill came up on special order this morn
ing. Senator Houston offered an amend
ment to section l of the bill, but before
any discussion or a vote was taken on the
amendment Senator Douglass of Grayson
made motion to postpone the further
consideration of both the bill and
the amendment until next Wednesday
two weeks. To this Senator Houston
raised the objection that the bill had been
pending in the committee room and be-
fore the House ever since the third week
of the session, and as the substitute bill
was made q special order for to-day, he
desired to see it discussed on its merits.
Senator Douglass answered that as the
bill now stands it appeared to
him to mean free grass if it passed and
free grass il it was defeated, and he wan
ted time for himself and colleagues to
look into it and if possible cure it by
amendments. The motion to postpone
prevailed.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW CAPITAL.
The question of appointing q commit
tee Of investigation 10 inquire into the
manner of constructing the rev State
Capitol and the amendment TO add d
competent architect to the committee,
was the occasion OF q warm debate during
which some Of the members claimed that
employ ausarchitect would be q waste
of the peoples money, that s committee
was competent 70 do all the Investigation
needed. Those in favor of the amend
ment held that committee without an
architect would know nothing about the
construction after they had made the in
vestigation, or words TO that effect. A
suggestion was made that it would be
reflection on the Attorney General and
the Capitol Board. This brought DR..
Camp OF Limestone to his feet, whothought
that no officers should be above investi-
CATION. Mr.. Browning thought that it
would take three months TO make the
without an architect. The
and resolution were then put
to vote and lost.
SIDE ISSUE.
While an amendment to article 3l4 of
the Penal Code was pending before the
House, Mr.. Shelby arose and was recog-
nized by the Speaker, when he announced
that he yielded the floor to Mr.. Heath.
Mr.. Heath then arose and thanked Mr.
Shelby, stating that he did not have the
floor and did not want it either.
CLASS LEGISLATION AGAIN.
A spirited discussion arose over an
amendment offered to the bill IN the
House to encourage agriculture and hor-
ticulture. The amendment proposed to
incorporate in the bill clause to allow
the farmers to incorporate cooperative
associations to handle their owa products
and establish stores to supply their
wants. This brought up the subject of
class legislation again. Mr. Groce then
offered an amendment that the |
privilege should not be confined |
% the farming class. Mr.. Browning |
offered substitute for the amendment |
Uniting the capital stock to $4,000 and
Uniting every stakeholder to $500. He
hen asked that both the bill and the |
poondman-S no hpPoI1G no |
considered it in any light the worst |
Bell of Coke thought that
lothing but good could eminate from the
passage Of the bill If they were allowed
o sell indiscriminately. The bill was
ost.
QUARANTINE PROCLAMATION.
Govern or Ross issued proclamation
.gainst the Argentine Republic and other
south American ports-in substance that
lie believed that the state OF Texas was
threatened along its coast line with chol-
ra, and that it is liable to be introduced
~ vessels from the Argentine Republic
md other South American ports, that IL
las become epidemic in the towns OF
'abacs and Rosario, Beuuos AYres, end
hat other countries, notably Chill, have
bsolutely closed their ports against these
Infected ports; that the benefits derived
rom commerce with these ports is not
with the danger appre
ended from leaving our ports open, and
/ there be any doubt as TO the magnitude
4 the danger that it is best for the health
nd safety of the people of the state of
'exas that the earliest and utmost pre-
aution should be taken.
CONTROLLERS OFFICE.
The following Collectors bonds were
led in the Comptroller's office to-day:
[. W. Baylor, Uvslde county, and r. L.
iulleY, Bell county. The bonds were
uly approved.
Warrants were issued to W. G. Parish.
financial Agent of the State Peniten-
aries, for the sum of S47,750 to pay the
alance OF tie current expenses.
GRAND ENCAMPMENT OF ODD FELLOWS.
The Grand Encampment OF the indie
endent Order of Odd Fellows of the
tate of Texas was organized to-day by
rand Patriarch S. B. Strong of Houston.
fter the routine business was over the
blowing officers were installed for 1887:
rand Patriarch, J.W. Kincaid of George